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>> deya's household, one of 4 in the village, includes deya's two wives, each of deya's two brothers' two wives, 15 children, 77 cows, and dozens of sheep, goats, and chickens. [rooster crows] today, the family is preparing for the biggest holiday of the year--tabaski, the islamic feast of the sacrifice.
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at tabaski, it's a religious, and social, expectation for muslim households to buy and slaughter a ram. >> [speaking wolof] >> in senegal, where a day's wages, if you have work, are around $3, this is a big deal. and for deya in saare muudu, where paid work is scarce, the tabaski ram and other holiday foods are major purchases. >> [speaking wolof]
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from deya's two brothers, maliki and alahji, who are working in spain. [electric saw runs] alahji, kanni's husband, was the first of deya's brothers to leave. >> [speaking wolof] >> [speaking wolof] [laughs] [radio playing] >> maliki, kanni's brother-in-law, is visiting for tabaski. he went to spain in 2003, but returns almost every year to visit the family. >> [speaking wolof]
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[music ends] >> [speaking wolof] >> visit viewchange.org, link tv's brand new multimedia website. watch over 350 stories about new solutions to the developing world's biggest challenges. get involved with the issues, share the stories with friends, and help change the world, all at viewchange.org. [rooster crows] >> it is the day before tabaski, and kanni is going to town to buy food for the holiday with the money
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